PRIM&R is pleased to welcome Patricia Furlong, as one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming 2016 Advancing Ethical Research Conference to be hosted in Anaheim November 13-16, 2015. Furlong will speak on November 15 with an address titled, “SUBJECTS” Matter: Burden of Participation for Children in Clinical Trials. Read more
This week’s Research Ethics Roundup examines new findings on who benefits from genome-wide association studies, India’s new informed consent provisions, the European Union’s new clinical study report policy, and British researchers’ arguments for non-human primate research. Read more
PRIM&R is pleased to introduce the members of the Blog Squad for our 2016 Advancing Ethical Research Conference (AER16). The Blog Squad is composed of PRIM&R members who will share their insights before, during, and after the conference. Check Ampersand regularly for their latest posts. Read more
“Administrative burden” is one of those phrases that always gets a reaction from the research ethics community. Although we strive daily to balance regulatory compliance, research integrity, and scientific progress, we often have investigators wanting a system with less regulatory strain. On September 22, 2016, PRIM&R provided a great resource to help identify and critically evaluate areas for improvement and move forward in that quest for balance by hosting the webinar Reducing Self-Imposed Regulatory Burden in your Animal Care and Use Program. Read more
This week’s Research Ethics Roundup highlights specimen donors’ wishes, beverage companies’ funding practices, a symposium on the White House Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, and what researchers discovered about Zika moving to the brain. Read more
After five and a half years in research administration, I felt it was time for a tune-up. I have observed that the day-to-day grind of the job can be taxing and strain even the seasoned administrator. There is also a need to remain vigilant against the casual drift towards complacency in protecting human subjects. So, I was delighted to learn that PRIM&R’s IRB Administrator 201 was coming to a city near me. Read more
